The National tribune., 1887-01-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts Of the
World.
ABROAD.


a fortnig ht-The jubilee Of Queen Nictoria's |
reign viii be celebrated throughout India on |
Feb. l6.-The Vatican at Rome is debating |
whether the Knights OF Labor in America is
proper organization for Catholics 20 join
Al sydney, n. s. W., four young mon con- /
demned 20 death for an outrageous assault |
upon a servant girl were hanged.-The viii |
lage of Demel, Tunis, was severely shaken by |
AZ earthquake. A number of houses fell down |
and seven persons were killed.--lt is officially |
stated that 405 persons were burned TO death IN |
the incindiary fire which destroyed the Peo- /
pies Park at Machas, lndia.-Chinese pirates /
attacked the French garrison Mt Hakoi, and |
after three days siege completely annihilated
che town. The garrison consisted of 60 men
under command of Lieut.. Mcmahon, a
nephew of Marshal Mcmahon. The pirates
also attacked the town Of Mongkoi and mas
sacred the Inhabitants.
INDUSTRIAL.
The annual meeting Of District No. 60,
knights of Labor. embracing every town
touched by the main line of branches of the
Union Pacific Railroad passed resolutions in
dorsing every action taken by Grand Master
Workman powderly IN the settlement Of the
Southwestern and Chicago strikes ms well as
his views regarding tradcs-uniOns The Con-
vcntlon pledges its members TO stand by Mr..
Powderly in has work, and pr0nounces him one
of the greatest statesmen of the age.-The
Brothers & Co.. at Braddocks, Pa, has resumed
work. The advance in wages will be about 20
per cent. over last years waGes.-A company
has been formed at Memphis. Tenn, with
100000 capital 10 mine extensive manganese
beds IN Missouri and ATkansas.-Ihe strike
of the coal handlers and trimmers continues at
New York city, and there is great dangers of q
coal famine.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Francis B. Lockbridge will succeed Omar ID.
Conger as II. S. Senator from Michigan, and
Cushman X. Daviswill take the seat of Senator
Mcmillan, both having been nominated by the
Republican caucuses William NJ. Stewart,
formerly Senator, will succeed Senator Fair,
of Nevada. Senator Hale has been reelected.
Gen. Hawley viii be returned from Connecti-
cut, and Matthew Quay will succeed Senator
Mitchell, of nsylvania.-SecretaTy Lamar
was married last week TO Mrs. William s. Holt,
Of Macon, Ga-The Indiana Supreme Court
affirmed the decision against Green Smith, the
Democratic claimant of the Lieutenant-Goy-
ernOrship, and Col. Robertson, the Republican
candidate, will take the seat.--Miss Virginia
Pelham Stuart, daughter of the distinguished
Confederate cavalryman, Gen. ]. e. b. Stuart,
was married to Mr. Robert Page Waller,
of Norfolk, Na.-William q. Deshler, the
millionaire banker, of Columbus, o., contrib
uted 100000 TO the Female Benevolent Society,
of that city-Gov Bodwel of Maine, was
q
remedy for the fishing troubles the imposition
of such duties on Canadian fish as would
exclude them from our markets-An edition
of Mr.. Blaine's speeches in Congress, containing
also a large selection of those addressed TO pOit-
cal meetings, with his diplomatic dispatches
which outline his South American policy, is
about TO be published.-Mrs. Lydia Watson,
Of Leicester, Mass. celebrated her Tooth birth
day Wednesday. She married her cousin in
1916, and from the union have come as far as
thercturns are in, 10 children, % grandchildren
80 grandchildren, and one great-great-
Rrandchildren.-A pressing invitation has
been sent TO President and Mrs. Cleveland and
the members of his Cabinet TO become the guests
of the GOvernor-General at Montreal during
the carniyal.-Herbert i. Boccher, son of
Henry Ward Beecher, has been appointed q
Special Agent Of the Treasury. He was ap-
pointed Collector at Port Townsend, w. T., but
his nomination by President Cleveland wus
rejected by the Senate.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A frightful disaster occurred on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, near Tilin, Ohio, early
IN the morning Of Friday Dec 81. An express
train came In collision with a freight train.
Several cars were teescoped and the ruins took
fire. From - TO IS lives wereslo st.-The ship
Elizabeth was wrecked Saturday morning ON
the Virginia coast and % lives were lost in
GLIDING several members of the lifesaving
crew.-At Batavia, n. Y, Mabel Putnam,
aged fouriyears, was fatally shot 10y Roy Oren-
dori playmate OF her own age, who was play
ing with his fathers revolver-A man com
mitted suicide Sunday by jumping from the
railway suspension bridge into the rapids Of
Niagara River, a distance of 1876 feet-The
city clerk Of Cambridge, Mass unable TO make
good the amount of his deialcation ($2, 600 COM
mitted suicide.-The residence Of the Chilian
Minister IN Washington was robbed of $1,000
worth of jewelry.-A dynamite cartridge was
exploded in a cable trap of the Sutton street
railroad In San Francisco, seriously damaging
the cable and railroad property and shaking
houses and frightening people in the vicinity.
OBITUARY.
Judge Aaron Shaw, for many years promi-
nent Illinois politician, died at his home at
0lney H., aged 7s.-ElUah Rabbit, the
Oldest resident Of Erie Pa, and probably the
Oldest practicing lawyer in the United States,
died in that city in his 92d year.--Nictor
Tarde, an old citizen of Media County, Tex. died,
aged 50. He was q member of the famous "Old
Guard of Napoleon j, and served at Waterloo.
Key. A. L. Post, a prominent Baptist min
ister died at bis home in MOntrOse, Pa. aged rs
de was c0-worker with Garrison, Smith and
Phillips in the anti-slavery days.-Joseph
Tasso, the well-known composer and violinist
died al hs home in CoyingtOn KY, of heart
disease. BE was born August 3, 1902, In the
Ilty OF Mexico, OF noble Italian and French
parents. Fifty years ago he was famous vio-
linist and knew all the composers and must
clans of his time.-Frank b. Mcdonald, son
of ex-senator Mcdonald, of Indiana died In
Washington Of heart disease. For some years
he has been clerk in the Treasury Depart
ment.-Maj. Z. H. Watkins, a leading lawyer
OF Laredo, Tex, is dead. During the late civil
war he was a member Of Gen. Magruders staff
5isscELLAEEoUs
The Philadelphia EueniHg Ictrgi.c,eh establish
mont was burned out last week; loss 500 U1522.
The engine and press and the valuable collec-
ton OF biographical and historical material were
saved-Two old msers Joseph Perry and
Richard Price, were found dead in a hovel in
Philadelphia. A search brought TO light over
100000 in money and securities.-A concur
rent resolution providing for the submission of
the question of the prohibition of the sale of
Intoxicating beverages TO popular vote has been
introduced In both branches Of the Missouri
Legislature.-A saloon keeper arrested in
New York offered the largest finished diamond
IN the United States, valued at SIS, 600 as bail
a baby dressed In expensive and elegant
clothing was found the other day in a snow
bank beside the Chicago Northwestern Rail-
way track near Milwaukee. IL had evidently
been thrown from the window Of a passing train.
The town OF Duck Greek, Texas. was do.
stroyed by fire. The loss on buildings and mer.
chantdse Is $780, 00-The Ohio Southern
Railroad machine and car shops al Springfield
o., caught fire by an explosion Of a torch In the
Toundhouse and was destroyed, with six loeomo.
tives and two cars Of valuable machinery; loss
Sl400OO-The fire losses In the United States
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